Abstract:
Progressive die assembly for forming a centrally interlocked stack of laminations for rotors, the stack of laminations having a central stack axis. The die assembly includes a punch which forms a centrally located, circular indentation in each lamination, the indentations each having a cental axis which is substantially coaxial with the stack axis. The indentation provides corresponding projections and depressions in the laminas which may be interlocked by engaging adjacent depressions and projections. The station of the die assembly which includes the punch for forming the indentation may also include a counterforce which is applied when punching the indentation so that the stock material is relatively flat. The die assembly also includes a rotating and stacking station in which the laminations are blanked, then rotated, and finally stacked together to form a lamination stack.
Abstract:
For achieving small-sizing and high efficiency by improving heat radiation of coils, and further for simple-construction to be easily disassembled, thereby being environment-friendly from a view point of recycling, an electric rotating machine comprising: a stator 1a being constructed by inserting coils 10a into slots 11 of a stator core 2a; an outer frame 4 being divided into a plurality thereof, so as to cover periphery of the stator core of said stator; a pair of bearing holder portions 6a and 6b, each having a fitting portion 35a or 35b to be fitted into an inner diameter reference surface 25a at both end portions of said stator and being provided with a bearing 8a or 8b at an axial center portion thereof, and being attached at both sides of said stator core so as to cover coil end portions dropping out at both sides of said stator; a squeezing mechanism (30, 32a, 32b, 6a, 6b) fixing the outer frame at an outer periphery of the stator core, by a wedge function between each of the bearing holder portions and the outer frame due to a squeezing function of attaching the each of said pair of bearing holder portions at both sides of said stator core; and a rotor 3 being formed with an escaping portion for escaping from an outer diameter of a portion opposing to a fitting portion of each of said bearing holder portion, rotatably positioned within said stator core.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an elongate stack of interlocked laminae in a die assembly. The method includes the steps of stamping a first lamina having generally opposed first and second edges in the strip stock material, stamping at least one first interlock means for engaging another lamina in the first lamina, separating the first lamina from the strip stock material, placing the first lamina into the choke passageway, the first and second edges of the first lamina frictionally engaging the choke passageway, stamping a second lamina having first and second elongate edges in the strip stock material, stamping at least one second interlock means for engaging another lamina in the second lamina, at least partially engaging the first and second interlocking means, separating the second lamina from the strip stock material, placing the second lamina into the choke passageway, and frictionally engaging the choke passageway along the first and second elongate edges of only one of the first and second laminae.
Abstract:
A motor structure having a laminated stack made of soft magnetic plates, a plurality of laminated constituting stator magnetic pole portions and a yoke portion, between each plate is an insulative bonding material, so that the plates are insulated from, and kept in tight contact with, each other. A synthetic resin layer surrounds and tightly binds the lamination stack.
Abstract:
A rotor (10) includes a plurality of permanent magnets (14) disposed around a shaft (12) at generally equal intervals, and a plurality of laminated core members (16) disposed between the permanent magnets (14) so as to form magnetic poles. The laminated core members (16) are formed by stacking a plurality of core-laminations (26) made of magnetic materials and an integral core-lamination, and joining them to each other. The integral core-lamination includes a plurality of core-lamination sections each having a shape the same as that of the core-lamination (26), and connecting portions (46) for connecting adjacent core-lamination sections with each other. When the large number of core-laminations (26) and the integral core-lamination are integrally joined by a press-fitting process, the laminated core members (16) are connected with each other in such a relative arrangement of a finished assembly that a space for locating the permanent magnet (14) is defined between the adjacent laminated core members (16), and thus an integral laminated rotor core (48) is formed.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for manufacturing laminated parts from a plurality of laminas, in which the laminas for forming the laminated parts are blanked from strip stock material. The laminas and are then cut and stacked to form the laminated part. The apparatus includes a measuring device, such as a linear variable differential transducer, for measuring the thickness of successive sections of the strip stock at a first location of each section. The measuring device also measures the thickness of the strip stock sections at a second location of each section. A controller, such as a computer or a programmable logic controller, receives the thickness values at the first location and second location of the strip stock sections from the measuring device and computes a value of a difference therebetween. The controller also computes a running sum of the difference values for the strip stock sections and compares the difference values sum to a predetermined value. A punching device, such as one or more front and rear slide operated punches, is also included which is activated by the controller to provide a protuberance at selected locations upon the strip stock sections when the sum of the difference values determined by the controller equals or exceeds the predetermined value. Respective air valves and cylinders may operatively connect to each punch to cause the punch to impart a protuberance upon receipt of an appropriate signal from the controller. The protuberance has a depth approximately equal to the predetermined value.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a low cost, high performance, thin structure rotary motor for driving medium used in magnetic disk drive unit, optical disk drive unit or the like, in order to improve the productivity of terminating processing and the reliability of the coils. Magnetic materials which are divided to a plurality of blocks or divided corresponding to respective magnetic pole teeth are connected by means of thin portions. The respective magnetic pole teeth are wound continuously with wire without cutting the wire at the positions in which the thin portions are connected. When a stator is assembled, a plurality of blocks or magnetic pole teeth are disposed on a substrate by separating or bending the thin portions.
Abstract:
A rotor (10) includes a plurality of permanent magnets (14) disposed substantially equidistantly round a shaft (12) and a plurality of laminated core members (16) each being disposed between the permanent magnets (14) and forming a magnetic pole. The laminated core embers (16) are formed by laminating and bonding a large number of thin magnetic plate cores (26) and integral type thin cores. The integral type thin core (26) includes a plurality of thin core portions having the same shape and connecting portions (46) for connecting mutually the adjacent thin core portions. When a large number of thin cores (26) and integral type thin cores are integrally joined by a press work, each laminated core member (16) is mutually interconnected between the adjacent laminated core members (16) with a relative arrangement at the time of completion of assembly having installation spaces of permanent magnets (14), and an integrated type laminate rotor core (48) is formed.
Abstract:
A spindle motor comprising a bracket, a shaft member secured to the bracket, a rotor rotatively supported by the shaft member while interposing bearings a rotor magnet fastened to the rotor and a stator disposed to confront the rotor magnet, wherein the rotor has a hub portion, to which a recording disk is fastened, and a rotor portion, to which the rotor magnet is fastened, the hub portion and the rotor portion being made to be interchangeable. The hub portion has a plurality of female screw holes for fastening the retaining cap, the number of a plurality of the female screw holes being different from the number of ball members of the ball bearing by at least two.
Abstract:
Elongated thin strip stock is blanked to form interlocking laminas for electric motor or generator rotors or stators at successive blanking stations. At a final assembly station the laminas are stacked and pressed into interlocking relationship. In response to an operator input a predetermined number of reversals, or half turns about the stack axis of the previously stacked lamina are provided in order to compensate for nonuniform strip thickness to obtain a rotor or stator of substantially uniform height. Alternatively the thickness of the strip stock is gauged at transversely spaced points on the strip to determine cross feed thickness variation in the strip whereupon the stacked laminas are automatically provided with a number of reversals about the stack axis in response to a thickness differential that would result in a parallelism error in the stack that exceeds a predetermined amount. Rotor conductor slots are formed in the stacked laminas and are skewed to the stack axis by providing arcuate indexing of each lamina relative to the next preceding lamina in the stack by an arcuate increment that is automatically determined in response to operator entered inputs relative to the stack height, the skew angle, nominal lamina thickness and skew direction.